Example sentences of "for both sex " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state pension is paid to men aged 65 and women of 60 — Age Concern believes that the law should be changed to make pension age the same for both sexes . |
| 2 | In order to comply with Community law , it was now necessary to agree the same date of retirement for both sexes . |
| 3 | One unremarked consequence for both sexes , for example , is that since wives ' allowances can henceforth be set against investment income , there will be more non-taxpayers among bank and building society depositors — and the composite rate of tax on their yield will then be reduced for everybody . |
| 4 | ‘ The high value put on virginity for both sexes is remarkable and , I should suspect , specifically English , ’ Gorer wrote in Exploring English Character . |
| 5 | Throughout this fact sheet ( unless otherwise stated ) we use the 65+ cut off for both sexes ; the retired population is therefore larger than the elderly population . |
| 6 | Life expectancy in the United Kingdom , for both sexes , is , however , slightly below average for the whole European Community . |
| 7 | Although enrolment levels for both sexes have increased , girls ' enrolments at all grades remain significantly below those of boys . |
| 8 | The most common offences for both sexes are crimes against property , with shoplifting being regarded as the ‘ typical ’ female offence ( although adolescent males also indulge in this particular form of crime in significantly high numbers ) . |
| 9 | Winning is the imperative for both sexes . ’ |
| 10 | Sado-masochistic sex — low turn-on for both sexes . |
| 11 | This is one of the smallest species only attaining an adult size of 4cm for both sexes . |
| 12 | The splitting up of attributes between men and women makes the division of labour seem easier and more natural , but it can be a damaging process for both sexes when men are made to carry aspects of themselves which have been denied or have not been fully explored . |
| 13 | But for both sexes general sickness is on the increase with a third of all the men and women questioned complained of long-standing ill-health . |
| 14 | It ruled out a reduction in pensionable age for men because it would cost too much — and opted for 65 for both sexes . |
| 15 | Everything changed for both sexes , but it was particularly liberating for women . |
| 16 | When mortality for both sexes in infancy and childhood was great , as it was at the beginning of the century , it did not take long for a cohort to advance up the age scale before females outnumbered males . |
| 17 | To be married is life-protective for both sexes but more so for men than for women . |
| 18 | Feminist psychologists acknowledge that low-status , female-identified traits , like nurturance and sociability , are also important for both sexes ; but they do not spend much time comparing men with women on these traits . |
| 19 | Between 1981 and 1991 , the number of first marriages fell for both sexes by over a quarter . |
| 20 | For this to work , the same facilities must be available for both sexes . |
| 21 | Regular features in the journal include a section entitled ‘ Gender Issues ’ which provides a forum for both sexes to raise their concerns about current social problems and opportunities . |
| 22 | Propaganda buys direct from London and sells clothes and shoes for club-ing for both sexes . |
| 23 | Of the 45 women questioned in the survey , 9 thought sex a necessity for men ; 13 thought it a necessity for men and women ; 24 thought it a pleasure for both sexes ; 1 thought it an exclusive pleasure for men ; while 30 saw reproduction as the primary aim . |
| 24 | A basic essential for fertility is correct feeding prior to the breeding season , for both sexes . |
| 25 | A further line of argument which may be pursued against the declaration is that , according to Catholic theology , the power of orders lies in the soul , which is the same for both sexes , and not the body . |
| 26 | Intriguingly , in his third proposition in favour of the argument that women can be priested , Thomas himself comments that orders lie in the soul , which is the same for both sexes , a point to which curiously ( as George Tavard has pointed out ) he makes no reply . |
| 27 | As it is , we regret that the printers , when they had the opportunity , did not make an end of the half-paid female labour and so established the principle for both sexes of " Equal work , equal pay " . |
| 28 | It seems likely that once the board schools were well established for both sexes , by the 1880s , the same thing will have been true of girls . |
| 29 | It is not enough , therefore , to say that more women should do science , or that domestic economy should be compulsory for both sexes ; we have to get to grips with the ways in which ‘ femininity ’ is consistently devalued , both in society generally and specifically in the education system . |
| 30 | For instance , the distinction between author and authoress may carry more expressive than propositional meaning : authoress tends to have derogatory overtones , with author being the unmarked form for both sexes . |